The new head of the Ways and Means Committee, Rangel, wants to reinstitute a draft. Thoughts on the likelihood? The need?
__________________ In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during an interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America , he said:
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out."
Yea, this is just one guy basically on his own; this chance of it going through is just about zero. As far as his reasoning that it will make the people who ultimately decide to wage wars think harder before they proceed because they in turn will be at risk or their own children will be at risk in making the ultimate sacrifice is severely flawed. 'Those people' always have loopholes for themselves and their offspring to avoid being drafted.
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Last edited by Robtard on Nov 22nd, 2006 at 06:08 PM
Did you miss the fact that it's ONE Democrat and the U.S.D.P. isn't behind it?
__________________ "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity; and it was not meant that we should voyage far." -CoC
You’re forced to go do something you don't want to do and you might die doing it.....Also the fact that most people don’t agree with war and this war especially it is kinda like forcing a vegetarian to eat meat.
any member of any nation it chooses to live in should be obligated to serve that nation's military if needed. Here in the United States we take too many freedoms for granted. Our freedoms are only assured by our military strength. Anybody who lives in this country but would not readily join it's military during it's hour of need to protect it's rights, freedoms, civilians and their very own families should be forced to relocate to another nation of their choosing.
I don't agree with our current government. I don't even agree with our political system........but I would grab an M-16 and jump in a helicopter in a second to protect this piece of land and way of life I call home to ensure my way of life and my family's way of life.
I must admit I am at the point where I wonder whether more troops in Iraq (since that seems to be a major motivational point) would really do all that much at this point.
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"If we're going to challenge Iran and challenge North Korea and then, as some people have asked, to send more troops to Iraq, we can't do that without a draft," Rangel said."
Where did that come from? I wasn't aware anybody was doing any challanging in that area at the moment.
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From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
Freedom's like... not having to spend years in government service?
__________________ In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during an interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America , he said:
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out."
suddenly i am not so sensitive about being 36. no draft for me!!!
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Do I look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just do things.
Freedom does not mean free in this country. Freedom is tradeoff.
- you are free to vote in this country, so long as our military is strong enough to defend our country.
- you are free to practice whatever religion you want, so long as our military is strong enough to defend this country.
- you are free to raise your family as you see fit, so long as our military is strong enough to defend this country.
- you are free to never have to serve in the military unless you wish to, so long as our military is strong enough to defend this country. When it's not, draft.
my opinion of people in the U.S. couldn't get much lower. We have brave men and women who will enlist in the military to fight injustice in a foreign land. They will give thier lives to help foreigners, fight for a principle. Then we have these idiots who want everything to be given to them. why earn anything in life? they think they should be born rich. they think everything should be handed to them, including the freedoms to live life as they see fit. These idiots wouldn't defend our country if there were a Soviet tank (ala Red Dawn) rolling down their street headed for their families house. They think it's somebody elses job to defend this country and freedoms for them. people like that should die. I have nothing but disdain for people of that ilk.
a nation goes to war with you......so instead of fighting the enemy in military combat, you completely destroy the nation? you kill all of it's innocent civilians?
that's the exact opposite purpose of any military.......to defend innocent civilians, domestic and foreign. War is fought between governments......not between guys with nuclear weapons and innocent families of 4 sitting at home in their kitchen eating dinner.
That's the point. Open war between major powers is pretty much dead. MAD has made sure of it.
__________________ In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during an interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America , he said:
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out."
true. nukes will never be used by anybody.........unless in a world war with several nations baring responsibility over the use against a smaller coalition of nations. M.A.D. mutual assured destruction. the only way around it is attrition........the side baring responsibility being comprised of many more nations so the victims could not retaliate against all before destruction.
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Nov 22nd, 2006 05:28 PM
This rep. is a master of reverse psychology. That is the most inane deterrent to the draft that I have ever heard.
